Chevy Cruze PS

[Ghost]

ill keep the "chubbyness" in mind for when i finish mine. thats why i was asking you Mark about hood scoops in the Chat.

[markpetersonii]

ill keep the "chubbyness" in mind for when i finish mine. thats why i was asking you Mark about hood scoops in the Chat.

AH, makes sense!

[Ghost]

yup.

[Ghost]

well i was bored and had some time to turn it into a Pontiac. what would you guys call it if it were a Pontiac? Pontiac G8? Pontiac G-something? Pontiac something?

[tunicwriter]

well i was bored and had some time to turn it into a Pontiac. what would you guys call it if it were a Pontiac? Pontiac G8? Pontiac G-something? Pontiac something?

G5.5

[Ghost]

[Ghost]

i finally finished my version of the car. ill post it up later.

[Ghost]

so..im finally posting up the pics. let me know if you like them, or not.

i call it the...2011 G8

with the LS3, auto or manual, optional SC or TC.

and the GXP with the LS6, twin turbo, auto, manual or manumatic, optional AWD.

[markpetersonii]

I like the bottom one the best. The front looks VERY BMW-ish though. I do like the lights above the fogs though, nice touch.

[[ChaosweaveR]]

Those LED strips remind me of Mercedes DRLs.

But a G8? These cars are about the size of the new Buick Regal. I'd say the Grand Am name would have been better, offer the turbo 2.4L as the base motor, and the LLT 3.6L DOHC V6 as the GT's motor, but the 2.4L turbo is still an option.

Of course, a six speed manual gearbox available for both motors, and AWD as well.

No, I'm not being biased. I dunno how'd Pontiac faithfuls would react if the G8 came back the size of a Regal.

[Ghost]

fine...a G6?

[[ChaosweaveR]]

You mean, 7th gen Grand Am.

[Ghost]

fine...

[[ChaosweaveR]]

[markpetersonii]

G7?? lol

[Ghost]

G7?? lol

then...what should it be?

[Jedi3]

Great chop Ghost!

call it the P26 = Pontiac est. date 1926

[Ghost]

cool. now, send it to GM! and thanks.

[Jedi3]

Chevy Cruze SS, Anyone?

Chevrolet is looking at two ways to "sport up" General Motors' Delta compact platform. The more radical idea involves all new, "four-door coupe"-style sheetmetal on the same platform as the 2011 Chevy Cruze compact. The car would retain the Cruze's wheelbase, but with a more rakish roofline that would sacrifice some back seat space for a more expressive design.

The idea would be to get a higher profit-margin car out of a relatively humble platform. It's comparable to what Mercedes-Benz did with its CLS four-door coupe -- a car that essentially raised the retail price of an E-Class-based car to near S-Class levels. A Cruze-based four-door coupe would theoretically serve as a step up toward the Camaro.

The more practical solution would be a Super Sport version of the Cruze. That entails suspension mods, of course, plus requisite trim upgrades and a high-pressure version of the 2.0-liter turbo along the lines of the 260-horsepower unit that powered the Pontiac Solstice GXP/Saturn Sky Redline and the coming 255-horsepower Buick Regal GS.

Both the four-door coupe and the Cruze SS could take the larger Epsilon platform's all-wheel-drive system to mitigate torque steer. We're not likely to see the SS earlier than the '13 model year; the four-door coupe would take even longer. But of course, before either of them hits Chevy dealers, the priority is to do a high fuel-mileage Cruze XFE.

http://www.motortrend.com/future/future_ve...e_ss/index.html

Thats kinda hot!